So, somehow, I went to bed last night hungry. Not exactly sure how that happened since I ate a ton of peanuts about an hour beforehand. Me being me, I refuse to get up and simply eat something because I'm half asleep. If I get up, I may never be able to go to sleep. So I ended up sleeping horrible last night because I kept thinking about food for a few hours. You know...How great Taco Bell would be (I think I could eat Taco Bell everyday and be fine with it). McDonald cheeseburgers (I have an unusual liking for their cheeseburgers...). Planning how to best utilize my Chipotle gift card (thank you, Kristi!). For instance, if I go in for tacos (the tacos came from thinking about Taco Bell), I can also buy a burrito bowl and take that back home with me and have dinner too! Two meals in one go! But then I thought about how I shouldn't use my gift card in one day and then had to think it through some more because I have to go downtown to get to Chipotle and going downtown means looking at stores and potentially finding something I want/need to buy. Not good. So, anyway, it continues on like that. I eventually settled on the fact a marinated vegetable salad sounded good and I'll be buying the ingredients for it the next time I hit the store (I'm out of fresh produce/food). I also thought about Lactaid milk. That stuff works and I want to know how it can be lactose free and still be considered milk...It's better than taking the pills and having regular milk, but a quart (only size you can get it in) is the same cost for a gallon of milk! Not cool.
So then I started to think about how expensive food is! I'm a poor college student and it's not like I can NOT eat. I mean, it's bad enough that I consciously think whether to snack or not because if I eat it, I'll have to spend money replacing it. (Don't worry, I always eat enough in a day and do find ways to snack.) I don't seem to have the same thought when it comes to candy, though...Hmm...Anyway, I do manage to live off of some meals for almost a week for one meal. For instance, I made meatloaf last week (rather good meatloaf too) and I still have one more portion to eat for tomorrow. I think I got 5 or 6 dinners out of it! Not bad. Unfortunately, I introduced myself to Trader Joe's Salty, Sweet and Nutty trail mix. *drools* It's sooo good. Almonds, cashews, peanuts, peanut brittle, and honey roasted cashews and peanuts. Oh yeah. It's more like eating candy (healthier, granted) and it's SOOO yummy. Normal trail mixes I get bored of the nuts pretty quickly (I have another bag of trail mix from Trader Joe's and I have yet to eat half the bag and have finished 1.5 bags of the Salty, Sweet and Nutty trail mix). So, now I have to start thinking of budgeting appropriately to support my Trader Joe's Salty, Sweet and Nutty trail mix fixation. I have toned down my eating of it, though. Only small portions once a day instead of the one day I ate 3/4 of a bag in 12 hours. It was bad.
Anywho, enough about food. I have determined that I think The Holiday with Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, and Jack Black is my favorite chick flick of all time. It's almost more borderline drama romance than a chick flick (I categorize chick flick more like 13 Going on 30, 21 Dresses, Prince and Me, etc). This is more of a drama with a romance theme. A lot of it is about "finding yourself" and moving on in better directions in life personally and in love. It's definitely noticeable in the two main characters - Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz. They both swap houses for the Christmas holiday (Surrey, England for Los Angeles and vice versa). I particularly like Winslet's and Black's roles in this film. These roles are a little different for them both and both do fantastic jobs. Cameron Diaz is also good in her role and Jude Law also. The whole film is just enjoyable.
On top of the great movie, it has one of my favorite movie soundtracks of all time. I think it's my favorite Hans Zimmer soundtrack and he's been up and down the block a few times with Driving Miss Daisy, Tears of the Sun, Madagascar, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sherlock Holmes, Black Hawk Down, etc. In some ways, I think the music makes the film all the better. I actually heard and loved the main theme song for the movie long before I watched the movie. There are just so many great pieces in it and some good songs done by different artists too.
Well, with that movie plug and tale about my food thoughts...I have successfully made myself sore simply by playing 20 minutes of very vigorous Wii Boxing a day for the past 3 days and biking a little over 11 miles between two days (7 in one day...). Not to mention I biked another 2 miles today (to class and back) and walked 2 miles (to class and back). No Wii Boxing, though. I'd like my right shoulder to stop hurting when I raise it or reach for something. I did wake up less sore today than I did yesterday and the day before, though. Improvement!
With that said...It is time for me to go to bed. I promised myself an early bed time and I'm missing it by about an hour already and I still have some school reading to do. Oh well. At least I have class tomorrow at 9:30 instead of 8.
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